Downloading Data via SSL and Invoke-WebRequest

Invoke-WebRequest can download files for you but may struggle with HTTPS URLs. To use SSL connections, you may have to change a default setting. Here is a working example:

$url = 'https://mars.nasa.gov/system/downloadable_items/41764_20180703_marsreport-1920.mp4'
$OutFile = "$home\desktop\video.mp4"

$AllProtocols = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]'Ssl3,Tls,Tls11,Tls12'
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = $AllProtocols
Invoke-WebRequest -OutFile $OutFile -UseBasicParsing -Uri $url

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